Anthropology

This year marks the 40th anniversary of a landmark ruling that reaffirmed the 1837 treaty rights of a northern Wisconsin tribe to hunt, fish and gather on ceded territory. In […]

Michael Witgen’s deep research of Indigenous and early North American history is evident in his 2021 book “Seeing Red: Indigenous Land, American Expansion and the Political Economy of Plunder in […]

Friends and colleagues are mourning the death of Wisconsin State Archeologist James Skibo, a man they say emobodied the ethos of a “people’s archeologist.” Skibo, 63, died Friday morning after […]

Lulu Miller is known for her work on curiosity-driven radio shows and podcasts, including “Invisibilia” and “Radiolab,” where she is now a co-host. She is also the author of the […]

It feels like everyone’s dad in Wisconsin plays the tuba. That was Elizabeth Renner’s impression after she moved to Madison from Chicago a year ago. Her other thought was that […]

WHYsconsin is all about your questions. We believe community listening is empowering; and at the center of this community-driven reporting project is you. For each story, we try to connect […]

After a decade-long effort, the Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin brought home the remains of tribal ancestors. Since 2011, the Menominee have worked to return ancestral remains to Wisconsin from […]

Wisconsin will soon have a new state park. Kind of. While the 22-acre Lizard Mound Park in Farmington was first designated as a state park in 1950, the property has […]

It was Tamara Thomsen’s first day off in a while. So the diving instructor and maritime archeologist chose to spend the day in one of her favorite places: underwater. It […]

Winters in Wisconsin are long, no doubt. Which begs the question: How to pass the time? For Vietta Kampen, of Portage, there’s curling, the small-team sport, played on rectangular sheets […]